Friday, March 21, 2014

World Sparrow Day observed at Chisopani JHS

SINGTAM,
MARCH 21:The students
and teachers observed World Sparrow Day at its school building on March 20. The
day marked with an awareness workshop followed by competitions on activities
related to preservation and conservation of birds. Santosh Sharma (pursuing PhD
on Avian diversity of Sikkim, Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar) and Krishna
Prasad Dahal, (pursuing M.Sc on Forestry, NERIST, Arunachal Pradesh) were the
speakers of the day. Mahesh Dahal, Headmaster, Chisopani JHS and his staff were
present on the occasion. More than hundred students attended the programme.

The best part of the
day was when few students submitted their catapults to the school and vowed not
to shoot the birds in near future. Altogether 8 catapults were received by the
school. Competitions were held for the students that included nest making, tree
house making, pla cards and short speech on importance of birds. More than 40
students had participated on the competitions. Following were the winners:
Sabitra Dahal and Sita Rasaily (pla-cards), Nilu Rai (Bamboo Tree model for
birds), Rikit Gurung (nest making), Bindhya Subba (short speech on importance
of birds) and Ranjit Darjee, special prize (Bamboo Tree model for birds). The prizes
were sponsored by RRC Badhaichha Creation, Singtam.

The day long programme
was held in two sessions; first session had students of class Pre to class iv
while the next session featured students of class v, vi and viii. Mahesh Dahal,
Headmaster, Chisopani JHS gave the welcome speech and spoked about the importance
of the day. Dahal said it is the need of time to preserve birds before it is
too late. Students should always adore the beauty of nature and preserve it, he
added. Santosh Sharma and Krishna Dahal, the resource persons showed visual
presentations of the importance of birds and interacted with the students.

Initially, Santosh
Sharma highlighted the relationship between vegetation structure and
composition, human beings and birds. He emphasized the role of avian species in maintaining essential
ecosystem services such as pollination; importance of the conservation of avian
biodiversity in general and sparrow in particular. He went on to say
that birds are the indicators of the health of the ecosystem as they are very
sensitive to any kind of disturbance in any habitat.

Krishna Dahal in his
talk encouraged the students to observe birds and note down the variation in
the characteristics of different species. Dahal further went on to say those
small creatures requires care as we humans need. Survival of human race depends
upon environment they live and it gets worse when avian are not found, he
added. He also shared information on different avian species being called as
the state birds in India. Shital Pradhan, teacher Chisopani JHS was the host of
the day while CM Chettri gave the vote of thanks.

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When i started my blog on Sikkim way back in 2007, i had it clear on my mind that this blog shall help people look out for knowledge on Sikkim. I always wanted a knowledge house about Sikkim, its past, present and future. I do not know over the years how much did i succeed but my determination to let other understand my Sikkim is always giving me a push.
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